List of Governors of Reserve Bank of India (1935 — 2016)

The Governor of the — Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is the chief executive of India's central bank and the ex-officio chairperson of its Central Board of Directors.

FACT: The inaugural office holder was the Britisher Sir Osborne Smith, while — C. D. Deshmukh was the first Indian governor and the bank's 15th governor, — Manmohan Singh, would go on to become India's 13th prime minister.